Packers Beat Commanders To Maintain Winning Start

NFL 2025 season

Dates: 4 September 2025 - 8 February 2026

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The Green Bay Packers maintained their awesome commencement to nan NFL play by claiming a 27-18 triumph complete nan Washington Commanders connected Thursday.

Quarterback Jordan Love threw for 2 touchdowns and 292 yards, while Josh Jacobs scored a rushing touchdown successful his 11th consecutive game.

Buoyed by their blockbuster waste and acquisition for Micah Parsons 2 weeks ago, nan Packers person started nan caller run pinch successive location wins against teams that besides reached past season's play-offs - and are besides successful nan NFC Conference.

After beating divisional rivals Detroit past Sunday, Green Bay person gone 2-0 for nan first clip since 2020.

"We couldn't person started nan play disconnected connected a amended note," said Love. "It's a point we've conscionable sewage to support building on, but it feels awesome correct now.

"Most importantly for america was to commencement accelerated successful some these games and to beryllium capable to decorativeness it pinch nan defence holding 2 really bully offences to beautiful debased yards and points, it's conscionable fun."

There was 1 setback for nan Packers, though, arsenic wide receiver Jaylen Reed collapsed his collarbone arsenic he scored a touchdown connected nan opening drive, only for it to beryllium chalked disconnected for a holding penalty.

Green Bay opened nan scoring connected their adjacent drive, pinch Love making a five-yard scoring walk to Romeo Doubs, earlier Jacobs' two-yard tally gave nan hosts a 14-0 lead midway done nan 2nd quarter.

The Packers led 17-3 earlier nan Commanders yet recovered nan extremity area early successful nan 4th quarter, pinch Jayden Daniels making a 20-yard touchdown walk to Zach Ertz, but Green Bay replied pinch a touchdown from tight extremity Tucker Kraft.

Having missed pre-season games astatine Dallas because of his statement holdout pinch nan Cowboys, Parsons' crippled clip was again limited.

After playing successful 45% of nan Packers' protect snaps against nan Lions, his workload was accrued to 67% and he registered half a sack connected Commanders backmost Daniels, who recovered Deebo Samuel for a precocious consolation score.

For nan first clip since 1995, Green Bay person fixed up less than 250 yards successful each of their first 2 games of nan season.

"We made them gain everything," said protect extremity Parsons. "J-Love, I deliberation you springiness america 20 points, we should beryllium capable to triumph nan game. It's each astir getting stops and getting nan shot backmost to nan offence.

"As you saw pinch Baltimore and Buffalo [on Sunday], your backmost tin person a adjacent cleanable crippled but still suffer because conjecture what, nan defence gave up, what, 40 points? So, defence wins championships."

Parsons hopes for much crippled clip distant to Cleveland adjacent week earlier facing his erstwhile squad Dallas successful week four.

"Hopefully, they conscionable fto maine off," said nan 26-year-old. "They can't clasp a canine backmost forever, man."